Yes, you are right, if we panic, the pope will buy the coins we have sold and they will pump it when they think it is enough to raise it. The best option is to keep using Bitcoin because it is the only coin that we know we can trust. altcoin can make you lose a lot more than Bitcoin and once Bitcoin has recovered you can buy a stable altcoin. Still believing in crypto and crypto resistance will be able to provide good benefits for changing living conditions .
Speculation, news, gossip and so forth are their ways to smooth their interests so that prices in the market are in accordance with their wishes so they can get profit. This price manipulation often occurs in the market mainly in altcoin market because marketcap is much smaller so that manipulation is easier. if you don't want to see more manipulation then don't panic with the news, and the market conditions that occur, it makes the market even more devastated